JJ Hahn Western Ridge Shiraz 2021 12 Pack

95 POINTS

Dave Brookes - Halliday's Wine Companion

Rolf Binder knows Western Ridge fruit well. I did a vintage with him in 2015 and spent my time looking after the red ferments and avoiding the massive brown snake in the marc pile. Here, Rolf serves up a rich, broody rendition of that Western Ridge fruit, savoury in stature and flecked with hints of ironstone, spice and earth. There is a lovely texture supported by chocolatey tannins and plenty of latent horsepower beneath the dark-fruited surface. Some excellent cellaring potential here.

Kasia Sobiesiak - The Wine Front

Medicinal cherry, all glossy, blackberry, extracted with glycerol, shiny edges, viscous. It has a glossy feel in the mouth too, like sucking on a cherry menthol lolly, jammy and a bit chocolatey. Finishing on a warming alcohol fume, cherry brandy and a balancing earthy beetroot juice feel. The tannins are very soft and plush and so this wine drinks as medium-bodied minus the alcohol. I feel this is well made, with good quality fruit but too heady to thoroughly enjoy it, hence 89pts, a glass, not a bottle.

Kasia Sobiesiak - The Wine Front

Medicinal cherry, all glossy, blackberry, extracted with glycerol, shiny edges, viscous. It has a glossy feel in the mouth too, like sucking on a cherry menthol lolly, jammy and a bit chocolatey. Finishing on a warming alcohol fume, cherry brandy and a balancing earthy beetroot juice feel. The tannins are very soft and plush and so this wine drinks as medium-bodied minus the alcohol. I feel this is well made, with good quality fruit but too heady to thoroughly enjoy it, hence 89pts, a glass, not a bottle.